2006-10-07 07:19:11 · 7 answers · asked by dizezed 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Zirconium Tungstate is correct, though strictly speaking it is a Metal Oxyde.
See:
http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/isis97/feature1.pdf
2006-10-07 13:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by Marianna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know of any specific examples of metals shrinking when heated, but I can think of of a reason why one might. When ice melts, it actually shrinks because ice crystals are less dense than liquid water (ice floats). Perhaps if you melted a metal that happened to be in a crystal formation, it might shrink when melting.
2006-10-07 14:35:01 · answer #2 · answered by what_m_i_doing 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no kind of metal shrinks when heated
2006-10-07 14:32:25 · answer #3 · answered by Broden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No metal would shrink, but possibly a metaloid
e.g. Silicon or Germanium
2006-10-07 16:14:41 · answer #4 · answered by Torath A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A newly discovered zirconium tungstate compound (ZrW2O8).
2006-10-07 14:36:04 · answer #5 · answered by VTNomad 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't they all expand?
2006-10-07 14:26:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
calcium?
2006-10-07 14:22:11 · answer #7 · answered by Lobster Dinosaur 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋